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Top Stories: Fort Worth Musicians On Strike; Behind The Editorial That Made News

David Kent
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth Symphony cellist Lesley Cleary on the picket line outside Bass Hall Thursday afternoon.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

The Fort Worth Symphony’s season opener this weekend has been canceled because the musicians are on strike. The strike comes after months of contract negotiations fell apart.

Other stories this morning:

  • This week’s Friday Conversation focuses on the newspaper editorial that made headlines. The Dallas Morning News endorsed Hillary Clinton for President – the first time the paper’s endorsed a Democrat for the general election since World War II.

Photo credit: David Kent/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.